LOS ANGELES — Just eight people alive have refereed a World Cup final. More people have orbited the moon.
So statistically speaking, Howard Webb had a better chance of becoming a Supreme Court justice than he did of getting the call to work the last game of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
"I got to know that I was doing the final on Thursday, and the game took place on Sunday," Webb remembered. "I'm quite amazed that I managed to sleep at night because the game is so huge. You know that everybody that you know in the world is going to be watching. Everybody who's connected to you, personally and professionally, is going to have eyes on that game."
